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Blasphemy
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to abolish the law on blasphemy; and if he will make a statement. [50130]
Paul Goggins: We have no immediate plans to abolish the law on blasphemy.
British Citizenship
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have had British citizenship removed in each of the last seven years. [53769]
Mr. McNulty: None, but two cases are being actively pursued and other possibilities are being examined.
Channings Ward Prison
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 1 February 2006, Official Report, column 566W, on Channings Ward prison, whether the prisoner awaiting deportation has been deported to Jamaica; from which countries the 29 other foreign national prisoners come; and what the plans are for each. [51879]
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Mr. McNulty: As at 15 February there were 32 foreign national prisoners at Channings Wood prison. 15 of these prisoners are reported to come from Jamaica, five from Ireland, two from both Bangladesh and Iran with one each from Algeria, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Spain, Uganda and Venezuela.
The individual referred to in the previous response has not yet been removed as he submitted both an asylum claim and a judicial review of the decision to remove him after removal directions were set in his case.
In reaching a decision on whether the other prisoners at Channings Wood are to be deported, my right hon. Friend, the Home Secretary will take into account a number of factors, including whether the sentencing court made a recommendation for deportation as well as an individual's criminal, immigration and personal history.
Child Abuse
Clive Efford: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what powers the police have to investigate an individual found guilty of a sexual offence against a child committed prior to the commencement of the Sexual Offences Act 1956. [42237]
Paul Goggins: The police would not continue to investigate an offence once the defendant had been found guilty.
Child Protection
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 7 February 2006, Official Report, column 1090W, on child protection, how many cautions for possession of an indecent photograph of a child were issued in each of the last five years to people working with children. [51640]
Paul Goggins: It is not possible, from data held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, to identify those offenders who work with children and were given a caution for possession of an indecent photograph as the circumstances of individual offences are not collected centrally.
Commonwealth Citizens (Work Permits)
Mr. Caton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans the Government have for the UK ancestry provision that allows Commonwealth citizens who can prove that one of their grandparents was born in the UK and Islands to apply to come to the UK to live and work without the need for a work permit. [52885]
Mr. McNulty: We have no plans to make changes to the UK ancestry route.
Correspondence
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department will reply to the letters of (a) 25 October 2005 regarding Mr. McLaren and (b) 15 November 2005 regarding Mr. Tiash Singh from the hon. Member for Warley. [51811]
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Mr. McNulty: The information is as follows:
(a) The immigration and nationality directorate replied to my right hon. Friend on 16 February 2006.
(b) The immigration and nationality directorate replied to my right hon. Friend on 10 February 2006.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the immigration and nationality directorate will provide a substantive reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam dated 9 September 2005 concerning his constituent Dong Su Kim. [51924]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 15 February 2006]: The director general of the immigration and nationality directorate wrote to the hon. Member on 13 February 2006.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green's correspondence of 7 November 2005 regarding her constituent Mr. Vata (Home Office reference: V1007093). [52225]
Mr. McNulty: The Director General of IND wrote to the hon. Member on 22 February.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 22 November 2005 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood regarding Mr. Mbaloula Nkeoua (Home Office Reference LR189501428X/IDRC). [52707]
Mr. McNulty: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate replied to my right hon. Friend on 16 February 2006.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of 8 December 2005 on behalf of Paul Albert Millwood (Home Office Reference M1081731). [52708]
Mr. McNulty: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate replied to my right hon. Friend on 20 February 2006.
Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to question 50174 from the hon. Member for Broxbourne tabled on 6 February 2006 for answer on 9 February 2006. [52733]
Mr. McNulty: I replied to the hon. Member on 20 February 2006, Official Report, column 1712.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 20 September 2005 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, regarding the application of Mr. Malleit Ram, Home Office reference R1059053 for leave to remain. [53338]
Mr. McNulty: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate replied to my right hon. Friend on 20 February 2006.
Mr. Leech:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many residents in Manchester, Withington have been waiting for more than 13 weeks
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for replies to correspondence from his Department in relation to (a) settlement visas and (b) claims for asylum. [53378]
Mr. McNulty: Statistics on letters from individuals about their applications to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate are not routinely recorded.
Crime
Anne Snelgrove: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of vandalism were reported in (a) Swindon and (b) England in each year between 1997 and 2005. [50919]
Hazel Blears: The requested information is given in the following tables.
Offences of vandalism are recorded within the criminal damage group classification.
Crime statistics for Swindon are recorded at crime and disorder reduction partnership (CDRP) level; and for the offence of criminal damage are available from 2000–01 to 2004–05.
| Period | Swindon CDRP | England |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | — | 822,029 |
Note:
The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the revised counting rules for recorded crime, which came into effect on 1 April 1998. Therefore, this figure is not directly comparable with those for later years.
| Period | Swindon CDRP | England |
|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | — | 823,520 |
| 1999–2000 | — | 890,756 |
| 2000–01 | 2,990 | 906,800 |
| 2001–02 | 3,422 | 1,007,634 |
Note:
The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.
| Period | Swindon CDRP | England |
|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 3,533 | 1,043,197 |
| 2003–04 | 3,660 | 1,139,308 |
| 2004–05 | 3,567 | 1,121,057 |
Note:
The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
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